Title:
Truman / a David Grubin Productions, Inc. film for American experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; written and produced by David Grubin.
ISBN:
9781415738474
Edition:
Full screen version.
Publication Information:
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, 2008.
Hollywood, CA. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (257 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally broadcast in 1997 as part of the series The American experience.
One disc of ten disc set The presidents.
DVD special feature Teacher's guide (PDF).
DVD, NTSC, region 1, NTSC; 5.1 surround.
Contents:
Disc One Part One An Accident of Democracy Introduction -- New life -- Opportunities -- War and peace -- Senator Truman Part Two The Moon, Stars and All the Planets Road to the White House -- New President -- End of the war -- Bomb -- Credits (144 min.)
Disc Two Part Three Hell Introduction -- Crisis at home -- Seeds of the Cold War -- New policies -- Truman defeats Dewey -- Korean War -- Truman vs. MacArthur -- Citizen Truman -- Credits (116 min.)
Summary:
The story of the unlikely rise of a gritty American original, Harry Truman. He was a farmer, a bankrupt businessman, an unknown politician from Missouri who suddenly found himself president. Of all the men who had held America's highest office, Harry Truman was the least prepared, but he would prove to be a surprise. Facing some of the biggest crises of the century, Truman would end the war with Germany, use the atomic bomb against Japan, confront an expanding Soviet Union and wage war in Korea-all while the woman he adored, his wife Bess, refused to stay in the White House and play the role of First Lady.
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Language Note:
In English; close-captioned in English.
Audience:
MPAA Rating: Not rated; Canadian rating PG.
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Performer:
Commentators: Victor G. Reuther, David McCullough, Vernon Jarrett, Alonzo Hamby, Charles Babcock, Sue Gentry, McKinley Wooden, Ruth Gruber, Ken Hechler, Walt Bodine, Wilbur D. Sparks, Patricia Hannegan Roll, Harry Byrd, Robert Jay Lifton, Robert J. Donovan, Walter LaFeber, Marshall D. Shulman, Barton Bernstein, George M. Elsey, Stuart Canin, Clark Clifford, Nelson Lichtenstein, Rex Scouten, Norwood C. Williams, Lucius D. Battle, Ellen W. Schrecker, Dorothy I. Height, Marian Norby, Vernon Walters, Edwin H. Simmons, Floyd M. Boring, Paul Hume.
Production Credits:
Cinematography by William B. McCullough, James Callanan, Roger Phenix; edited by Geof Bartz, Howard Sharp; music by Michael Bacon ; narrator, Jason Robards.
OCLC Number:
ocn244249453
Availability:
Apple Valley - Galaxie~1
